Embroidery



Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

JULIUS M. REIS, OF NEW YORK, N, Y.

EMBROIDERY.

Application filed March 30, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS M. Rnis, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Embroidery, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to embroidery, and more particularly to a new method of making embroidered articles and to an article of dry goods having an embroidery filler form thereon adapted to be covered by hand-embroidery threads.

The object of the invention is to provide an article of dry goods for commerce, of the character that it is usually desired to embroider, having formed directly thereon as a component part thereof a filler form for the embroidery that is substantially as uniform and as accurate to outline as are the wellknown stamped-out types of filler forms, and that is substantially as flexible and durable as the cloth article itself, and which is to be embroidered over by hand.

The object and advantages of the invention will more fully appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a plan view of a portion of an article of dry goods, for example the corner of a face towel, embodying my invention; and

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar section longitudinally of the filler embroidery threads and illustrating diagrammatically the relatively long stitches on the top or upper face of the article and the relatively short stitches on the bottom face thereof, and also the transverse hand embroidery stitches.

Referring to the drawings,-1 represents the corner or fragment of any article of commerce that it may be desired to embroider on, as for example a face towel, and 2 represents the filler form built up or formed thereon by stitches and serving the double purpose of outlining the desired de- .sign and as a foundation of filler for the hand-embroidery threads to be placed thereon. It is necessary that the form be mechanically built up by stitches on the article by some suitable machine by means of Which the placing of the stitches on the cloth is guided or controlled by some suitable design blank, plate or equivalent de ice whi h m ght Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

Serial No. 158,536.

be termed a master design, because without this the outline of the design cannot be preclsely formed by stitches on the cloth articles so as to give the accurate line necessary f0r60 the purpose intended. With a machine using a master design, the stitches 3 are formed directly on the article so as to form a component part thereof. The stitches on top of the article are made relatively long and those beneath relatively short so as to get the desired depth of padding on top and as little padding as possible beneath the cloth article.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the depth of the padding above the cloth due to the long stitches.

As illustrated in Fig. 3 the machine embroidered stitches which run longitudinally of the elements of the embroidery design, are relatively long on the top of the article and relatively short on the bottom face of the article as indicated at 3. In this figure the hand embroidery stitches passing transversely over and substantially covering the machine embroidery stitches are indicated at 4.

It will be noted that the machine embroidered filler stitches of any part of the design run longitudinally of that part, the object being to have the stitches making up the filler form lie in some direction other than directly transverse or at right angles to the length of the particular part of the design where the stitches are located, so that the transverse hand-embroidery threads which run at right angles to the length of any par ticular part of the design will be supported by the relatively longitudinally arranged threads below, rather than by threads paralleling the hand-embroidery threads; because if the supporting or filler form threads were arranged parallel to the hand-cup broidery threads, the latter would in some instances, according to the tension placed thereon in embroidering, be drawn down between two adjacent filler form threads, or in laundrying the filler form threads may work up between the hand -embroidery threads, thus in either event causing a rough and irregular surface on the hand-embroid- Articles of dry goods having embroidery filler forms formed thereon in this manner are much more desirable than where the filler forms are merely of the usual form to be pasted or bested thereon, because t e form is not only held with absolute certainty in the right location, and of the de sired clearness and accuracy'of outline, but it is substantially as flexible and durable 5 as the cloth itself, and is free from any pulp substances that might wash through the embroidery threads; and because filler forms that are not built up as by stitches directly on the cloth article are liable to become displaced in some manner, thus roughenin or rupturing the delicate hand-embroideiy threads. Furthermore, the filler form, when made of stitches of thread, has the desired capacity for moisture-absorption and it dries out with the desired rapidity. Where felt forms, for example, have been used, in some instances it has been found that, due to their density and their moisture-absorbing capacity, they do not dry out with suf ficient rapidity to make them desirable for all classes of embroidery.

It will thus be seen that my invention provides anarticle of commerce, to wit, an article of dry goods having an embroidery filler form of the same general nature and characteristics as to pliability, moistureabsorbing capacity and durability as a the fabric on which it is worked, formed directly on the fabric as a component part thereof, and serving as an accurate outline of the design, all ready to be covered by hand-embroidery threads.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is w 1. A cloth article of commerce adapted ,to be hand-embroidered, having machine embroidery on its upper surface to serve as a pattern for hand embroidery in the desired design and forming a component part of the cloth article, said embroidered pattern having relatively long stitches on the upper surface of the cloth article and relatively short stitches on the lower surface thereof, and with the upper relatively long stitches running longitudinally of the design elements, whereby the machine embroidery threads serve both as a pattern for hand em- Gopies of this patent may be obtained. for

sign on and through the cloth article, with the threads passing transversely of said longitudinal machine embroidery threads to substantially cover the machine embroidery threads on the top of the article, whereby the machine embroidery serves both as a design for the guidance of the operator and as a filler for the hand embroidery.

3. The improved method of making hand embroidered cloth articles which consists in machine embroidering the desired design from a master pattern directly on the cloth article, with upper stitches running longitudinally of the design elements, and then hand embroidering over said design on the cloth article, with threads passing transa versely of said longitudinal machine embroidery threads to cover the machine em broidery threads on the top of the article, whereby the machine embroidery serves both as design for the guidance of the operator and as a filler for the hand embroidery.

4. The improved method of making hand embroidered cloth articles which consists'in machine embroidering the desired design from a master pattern directly on the cloth article and then hand embroidering over said design on the cloth article, to cover the machine embroidery threads on the top. of

the article, whereby the machine embroid-.

ery serves both as design for the guidance of the operator and as a filler for the hand embroidery.

In testimony whereof, I have name to this specification.

JULIUS M.- REIS.

signed my five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents, Washington, D. G. 

